OCZ Gold not living up to my expectations

DanDaMan315

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I have a DFI Ultra-D (modded to SLI for no reason), 3000 venice, and 4x512mb of OCZ Gold pc3200 running in 2T. I set my dimm volts to 3.5, and the timings to 2-2-2-7. But if I try to set the FSB any higher than ~210 it won't boot. Is there anything I'm doing wrong here? So far this ram is a disapointment.
 

n7

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It seems any 4x512 MB setup in A64s = not the best.

Heck, my setup can't even run more than 2 dimms stably

You already have the vdimm high, so i would try loosening timings to see how far it can go.
 
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Originally posted by: n7
It seems any 4x512 MB setup in A64s = not the best.

Heck, my setup can't even run more than 2 dimms stably

You already have the vdimm high, so i would try loosening timings to see how far it can go.

What he said except for the 2 dimm stability thing.
 

DanDaMan315

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Wow this is a HUGE bummer. I don't know why I paid a premium for this god damn ram.

I thought they fixed this 4 dimm thing with Venice revision?
 

n7

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Originally posted by: Kensai
Originally posted by: n7
It seems any 4x512 MB setup in A64s = not the best.

Heck, my setup can't even run more than 2 dimms stably

You already have the vdimm high, so i would try loosening timings to see how far it can go.

What he said except for the 2 dimm stability thing.


Yeah, my stability issue is very strange, but it's not normal.

4 dimms is better with Venice than before, but yeah, there are still issues as far as i am concerned.
 

Matt2

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Originally posted by: n7
Originally posted by: Kensai
Originally posted by: n7
It seems any 4x512 MB setup in A64s = not the best.

Heck, my setup can't even run more than 2 dimms stably

You already have the vdimm high, so i would try loosening timings to see how far it can go.

What he said except for the 2 dimm stability thing.


Yeah, my stability issue is very strange, but it's not normal.

4 dimms is better with Venice than before, but yeah, there are still issues as far as i am concerned.


With 4 dimms vs. 2 dimms you are doubling the chance of a stick that wont overclock as high as the other three. The only way to know is to test the sticks individually as I stated above.

If all 4 dimms check out, then maybe the 4 dimm problem was not as well addressed as we thought.
 
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Overclock the memory in pairs to see what their maxes are. You need both pairs to be good. You should also memtest each pair to make sure they work with your system.
 

Matt2

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Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
Yea taking the ram out is a bitch for me though. I have a xp-120.


It's worth it to know exactly what's going on here though.

I've had such a good experience with OCZ I'd hate for anyone else not to.

Especially when you got Gold VX. Should OC like a beast.
 

imported_g33k

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4 dimms of gold vx?!?!? Man that stuff runs with errors right out of the box. You got to burn that sh!t in for a few days or it will give you thousands of errors at that voltage. Try 200fsb w/ 3.4 volts for 2-3 days running memtest. That will burn them in nice and good. After that you can bump up fsb untill you get more errors, and then you repeat the burn in period at a higher fsb, say 240 fsb, until you reach your max.

Running 4 dimms is not good for A64 mem controller! You just bought yourself a headache. With that crazy ram, you won't know if its the memory or the mem controller that giving you errors. I would burn-in the dimms in pairs. After, you can put all four in and see how high you can get.

You might have been better off with some TCCD. At least with TCCD you can run right out of the box, without burn in and active cooling. But hey, VX has the possibilty of running faster, but not without lots of tweaking, extra heat and noise. Good luck!
 

DanDaMan315

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Alright I figured it out. My mobo doesn't want to run 1:1. It wants "ddr333" or lower, kinda like with 3 dimms on a 754. So now I can get some decent fsb. Problem is now solved.
 
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Nope... Its in the CPU. Your MoBo has nothing to do with it. The venice bumped 4*512 from DDR333 to DDR400 in 2T. But that still doesn't mean Ull be able to OC. Better idea is to ebay all 4 and to get 2*1Gb if U need 2Gb and 1:1 otherwise there is always the dividers...

However U still need a good BIOS for is so I suggest updating that if Ure not current.
 

Matt2

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7/4/05 BIOs

Flash to this BIOS now, trust me. I couldnt get my venice to boot over 2.13GHZ, as soon as I flashed, worked like a charm.
 
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